Enrico Mosconi (1843-1910) was an Italian engineer and the father of the General

Enrique Mosconi Enrique Carlos Alberto Mosconi (21 February 1877 – 4 June 1940) was an Argentine military engineer, who is best known as the pioneer and organizer of petroleum exploration and extraction in Argentina. Early life Mosconi was born in Buenos ...

. He actively participated in the construction of the

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in the Argentine Republic.

Biography

Enrico Mosconi was born in 1843 in Milan, Austrian Empire, the son of Domenico Mosconi and Maria Tirola, belonging to a distinguished Lombard family. He did his university studies in Italy, and arrived in Buenos Aires about 1869, for work related to construction of the

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. Settled permanently in Argentina, Enrico Mosconi worked as an engineer for the laying of a

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network. In

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he was commissioned to draw a plan for railway línes. By the mid-1870s, he was entrusted to perform work in the Cuartel of Retiro, and he was also hired to do work for the Ferrocarril del Sud. Mosconi had an extensive career as an entrepreneur linked to the railroad business. He was the owner of the Enrique Mosconi y Cía, a steam

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company that operated in

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towards the end of the 19th century. He was closely linked to the Italian community of Santa Fe. On February 25, 1888, he founded the city of

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, and created a journal for the Italian community in the city Rosario. He is registered with his brother Eduardo Mosconi, serving as commissioners of the Censo general de poblacion, edificacion, comercio é industria de la ciudad de Buenos Aires of 1889.

Family

He married María Juana Canavery, born in the city to Tomás Canaverys and Macedonia Castillo, belonging to a distinguished patrician family.. She was the great-granddaughter of Juan Canaverys, an Italian of French or Irish ancestry who had an active participation during the

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. He and his wife made several trips to southern European cities, including Milan, Italy, where his daughter Ernestina was born. His wife died on September 14, 1881, in

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. His father-in-law was an entrepreneur, linked to the construction of the Buenos Aires Campana railway). In Buenos Aires he maintained friendly ties with distinguished members of the local aristocracy, including

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, godfather of María Mosconi Canavery, and

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, godfather of Guillermo Mosconi Matti. He also had excellent relations with the

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and Irish community of Argentina. His niece Sara Mosconi was married to Juan Bird Guillon, belonging to a family of

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. In 1888 Enrico Mosconi acquired land in the town Los Algarrobos ( San Martín Department), belonging to Agustín Hamilton Johnston, born in

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. Mosconi suggested the change of the denomination of the town in honor of his friend

, whose mother Mary Bevans Brigh was originally from London, England.

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Matrimonios 1871-1874

Bautismos 1878
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mosconi, Enrico 1843 births 1910 deaths Engineers from Milan Engineers from Buenos Aires People from Rosario, Santa Fe Canaveri family Patrician families of Buenos Aires